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Protected areas enter a new era of uncertain challenges: extinction of a non-exigent falcon in Doñana National Park

A study from the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has documented the extinction of the Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) in Doñana National Park due to prey depletion, farmland intensificiation, chemical contamination, predation, and climate warming.
This extinction suggests that declines of many species could be occurring and remain undetected in less monitored areas with less funds for conservation

The use of roads in protected areas and its effects on avian scavenger guild

The expansion of road networks and the increase in traffic have emerged in recent years as key threats to the conservation of biodiversity. This is particularly concerning in many protected areas because the increase of recreational activities requiring the use of vehicles. Effects of roads and traffic within guild scenarios and ecological processes remain however poorly known. This study examined how road proximity and traffic intensity influence patterns of resource use in an Old-World...